Wednesday, August 26th and Friday August 28th will be split into morning and afternoon sessions. Descriptions of the Wednesday afternoon workshops are listed below.
Afternoon Session 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Wednesday PM Elementary
or
Wednesday PM Secondary
Digital Storytelling with Photostory 3
Prentice Hall Online Resources for High School Math
Participants will use Photostory 3 to create their own movie to use as an example for a lesson in their classroom. The presenter will share rubrics and worksheets used with the Studio Art class and their digital storytelling projects about their Ancestors. Images will be scanned and cropped using Photoshop and put into a jpeg format to be used in the Photostory 3 program. All images should be created or owned by the participant. This will circumvent any copyright laws and allow the final movie to be used in a podcast or posted on YouTube. Participants will add narration and music to their movie and save them as a windows media player file. The movie file will be large so participants should bring a flash drive to save their work. Discussion will include obstacles that might arise while gathering information for and creating the movie. Staff new to Photostory or without extensive experience may be interested in this workshop.
Presenters: Lizette Liebold and Kathleen Hahn
Target Audience: 6-12
Participants will receive an overview of Prentice Hall technology resources for high school math programs. This will include training in: Teacher Express, Exam View, online books and PowerPoint. Teachers will register with Prentice Hall and will view the online text and learn how to provide this same service to their students. The workshop will incorporate 21st century learning skills by helping teachers access online tools that will broaden the knowledge base of their students. This will allow the students to explore possibilities beyond what is being taught in the classroom setting.
Presenter: Eleanor Lopes, Prentice Hall Consultant
Target Audience: 9-12
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development Using PowerPoint
Participants in this workshop will learn how to create engaging, appealing and winning stations that connect to a balanced literacy program. Actual materials will be provided for participants. Directions, schedules, purpose charts, guidelines and “I-can” lists will be handed out to assist in station creation. Literacy stations allow students to take control of their learning and work independently, while teachers can work with small groups of learners in guided reading. Presenters will assist in creating stations with possible special education modifications to help get guided reading underway for all learners in the classroom. The conclusion of this workshop will include the “do’s” and “don’ts” of station building.
Presenters: Alix Messier and Matt Burns
Target Audience: 3-5
The presenter of this workshop will present an interactive reading lesson created using PowerPoint. Participants will receive instructions in the process used to create this lesson as well as a brief PowerPoint orientation. Participants will then be given time to create their own interactive reading lesson based on a text of their choice (to be supplied by the participant).
Presenter: Michele Atallah
Target Audience: K-12
Developing Visual Supports Using Boardmaker and Microsoft Word
Fundamental Elements of Curriculum Mapping in Rubicon Atlas
This workshop will provide an overview of Boardmaker. This program can be used to make literacy and language-based activities available to students who require adapted instructional materials with a strong emphasis on the visual message. Staff new to Boardmaker or with less experience may be interested in this workshop. Topics covered will include:
• Introduction/overview of Boardmaker program and its applications and capabilities
• Using Boardmaker to make literacy materials
• Using Boardmaker in combination with Microsoft Word to develop materials such as Social Stories, visual schedules, classroom rules, etc.
• Some instruction will be given on creating unique symbols using Boardmaker
• Retrieving, resizing and inserting visual symbols, photos, and drawings from the Internet when developing literacy materials
• Organization and storage ideas
• Saving time by modifying materials you have already created
• Some time will be allotted for Make & Take of a basic project of the attendees choice.
Presenters: Mary Jane Roach and Janet Cassidy
Target Audience: K-5
The online Rubicon Atlas program for curriculum mapping will be the focus of this workshop. Participants will learn the answer to the question "why map?" by examining various tools within Atlas and learning fundamentals of developing quality curriculum maps. Discussion will also include key steps in sustaining the mapping process over time. Additional time will be given on Thursday and Friday to work on individual curriculum maps or with a team on consensus maps
Presenters: Elizabeth Cespedes and Mac Carlton
Target Audience: K-12
The Daily 5 – Time with the Book
Do you love teaching but feel exhausted from the energy you spend cajoling, disciplining and directing students every day of the week? Do you worry that your students are not being challenged enough or need to take more responsibility for their learning and behavior? This workshop will instruct teachers in The Daily 5- a student-driven management structure designed to fully engage students in reading and writing. More than a management system or curriculum framework, it is a way to help students develop daily habits of reading, writing, and working with peers that will lead to a lifetime of independent literacy. Bring your book and be ready to plan your new year with The Daily 5 - reading to self, reading with someone, writing, word work and listening to reading.
Presenters: Dianna Reagan and Patty Skiba
Target Audience K-2
Afternoon Session 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Wednesday PM Elementary
Wednesday PM Secondary
Presenters: Lizette Liebold and Kathleen Hahn
Target Audience: 6-12
Presenter: Eleanor Lopes, Prentice Hall Consultant
Target Audience: 9-12
Presenters: Alix Messier and Matt Burns
Target Audience: 3-5
Presenter: Michele Atallah
Target Audience: K-12
• Introduction/overview of Boardmaker program and its applications and capabilities
• Using Boardmaker to make literacy materials
• Using Boardmaker in combination with Microsoft Word to develop materials such as Social Stories, visual schedules, classroom rules, etc.
• Some instruction will be given on creating unique symbols using Boardmaker
• Retrieving, resizing and inserting visual symbols, photos, and drawings from the Internet when developing literacy materials
• Organization and storage ideas
• Saving time by modifying materials you have already created
• Some time will be allotted for Make & Take of a basic project of the attendees choice.
Presenters: Mary Jane Roach and Janet Cassidy
Target Audience: K-5
Presenters: Elizabeth Cespedes and Mac Carlton
Target Audience: K-12
Presenters: Dianna Reagan and Patty Skiba
Target Audience K-2